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PSY120 Topic 2: Beginnings Quiz 2023
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PSY120
Topic 2: Beginnings
Started on Sunday, June 25, 2023, 12:23 AM
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Completed on Sunday, June 25, 2023, 12:59 AM
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Grade 120.00 out of 125.00 (96%)
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Socioeconomic status (SES) refers to
Select one:a. the behavior patterns, beliefs, and all other products of a particular group of people that are
passed on from generation to generation.
b. a person's position within society based on occupational, educational, and economic
characteristics.
c. the degree to which development is similar or universal across cultures.
d. a social label placed on a similar group of people based on their heritage, nationality, race,
religion, and language.
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Sylvia is almost nine months pregnant and is very close to her delivery date. The doctors have found
that she has an active case of genital herpes. Which of the following is the best course of action to
prevent Sylvia's baby from contracting the disease?
Select one:
a. performing a cesarean section
b. terminating the pregnancy
c. delivering the baby through the birth canal
d. giving the baby blood transfusions
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Lindsay's body does not produce enough insulin, causing abnormal metabolism of sugar. She is
receiving insulin treatment. Lindsay has
Select one:
a. spina bifida.
b. hemophilia.c. phenylketonuria.
d. diabetes.
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Jenny is 4 years old. She becomes self-sufficient and develops school readiness skills. In this
scenario, identify the developmental period that Jenny is most likely in.
Select one:
a. infancy
b. early childhood
c. prenatal period
d. late childhood
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The elementary school years where children need to direct their energy toward mastering knowledge
and intellectual skills is when Erikson's stage of _____ takes place.
Select one:
a. intimacy versus isolation
b. integrity versus despair
c. autonomy versus shame and doubt
d. industry versus inferiority
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Tamara, an African American, is born with a genetic disorder that causes her body's red blood cells
to become hook shaped instead of being disk shaped, impairing the normal oxygen-carrying
capacity of the cells. The doctors explain to Tam ara's parents that this condition, however, makes
her resistant to malaria. Which of the following disorders is Tamara most likely suffering from?
Select one:
a. Tay-Sachs disease
b. Sickle-cell anemia
c. Leukemia
d. Huntington's disease
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Uma has completed her third trimester and has just given birth. Which of the following is most likely
to be true assuming that the baby is perfectly average?
Select one:
a. The baby is 19 to 20 inches long and weighs 6 to 7.5 pounds.
b. Lanugo covers the baby's body.
c. Vernix caseosa begins to form after the baby is delivered.
d. The baby is more active than it was at 28 weeks.
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According to a recent study, which of the following observations was made about women who
participated in the CenteringPregnancy program?
Select one:
a. More women felt secure without the aid of midwives.
b. Many women reported feeling more stressed after a session.
c. Women had higher breast-feeding rates.
d. Low-income women benefited less from the program.
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A group of people who are born at a similar point in history and share similar experiences as a result
is referred to as
Select one:
a. a cult.
b. a clan.
c. a cohort.
d. a posse.
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A fertilized human egg cannot grow into a crocodile, duck, or fish specifically because of
Select one:
a. social influence.
b. environmental influence.
c. adaptive behavior.d. genetic code.
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Melania has tested positive to a pregnancy test. She is very happy and visits her doctor to find out
the sex of her unborn child so that she can hold a gender reveal party for her family. Her doctor tells
her that it is too early to determine the sex of the child and that it can be determined only after _____
weeks.
Select one:
a. two
b. four
c. eight
d. twelve
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The food-scarce environment of our ancestors likely led to humans' propensity to gorge when food is
available and to crave high-caloric foods, a trait that might lead to an epidemic of obesity when food
is plentiful. This illustrates how
Select one:
a. socialization influences the development of behavior and cognitive skills in human beings.
b. evolved mechanisms are not always adaptive in contemporary society.
c. organisms pass on characteristics they acquire during their lifetime to their offspring.
d. the benefits of evolutionary selection decrease with age.
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Human infants go through an attachment period. John Bowlby calls this a ______ period, meaning
that for optimal development attachment should occur during this period.
Select one:
a. positive
b. critical
c. sensitive
d. severe attachment
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Which of the following is a feature of the embryonic period of prenatal development?
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a. the creation of the fertilized egg
b. the formation of the blastocyst
c. the attachment of the zygote to the uterine wall
d. the formation of support systems for cells
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The _____ period is the time from conception to birth.Select one:
a. perinatal
b. prenatal
c. neonatal
d. postnatal
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Brad is an athletic child, and he is in every sports team in school as he enjoys sports immensely. He
regularly practices football, tennis, and basketball and hopes to become the captain of one of the
sports teams. This scenario most likely reflects _____ correlations that occur when children seek out
environments that they find compatible and stimulating.
Select one:
a. passive genotype-environment
b. evocative genotype-environment
c. active (niche-picking) genotype-environment
d. influential genotype-environment
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Juan-Carlos was born full term but was underweight for his gestational age. He would be considered
Select one:
a. preterm.
b. premature.
c. normal.d. small for date.
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Marly describes her friend Gina as having blond hair, green eyes, and fair skin with freckles. Marly
has described Gina's
Select one:
a. genotype.
b. genetic imprint.
c. phenotype.
d. X-linked inheritance.
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Which of the following women has the highest probability of giving birth to a child with Down
syndrome?
Select one:
a. Sarah, a 21-year-old Asian woman
b. Jane, a 41-year-old Euro-American woman
c. Ella, a 27-year-old African American woman
d. Destiny, a 38-year-old African American woman
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During the fourth week of prenatal development, the urogenital system becomes apparent, and
_____ emerge.
Select one:
a. fingernails and toenails
b. hair and eyelashes
c. arm and leg buds
d. eyes and eyelids
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During which period of development is the unborn baby most at risk of developing a structural defect
due to the effects of a teratogen?
Select one:
a. at conception
b. during the germinal period
c. during the embryonic period
d. during the fetal period
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The second stage of childbirth begins with the ________ and ends with the ________.Select one:
a. emergence of the child's head; delivery of the placenta
b. opening of the cervix; delivery of the child
c. emergence of the child's head; delivery of the child
d. opening of the cervix; delivery of the placenta
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According to life-span developmentalist Paul Baltes (2003), the benefits conferred by evolutionary
selection decrease with age. Natural selection has not weeded out many harmful conditions and
nonadaptive characteristics that appear among older adults. Why?
Select one:
a. Degeneration aids in the transmission of desirable traits to future generations.
b. Natural selection operates primarily on characteristics that are tied to reproductive fitness.
c. Human evolution has no effect on previous generations.
d. Evolved mechanisms are always adaptive in contemporary society.
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The developmental pattern experienced by most people in which psychological functioning peaks in
early middle age and starts to decline in the early eighties is called
Select one:
a. normal aging.
b. pathological aging.
c. everyday aging.d. successful aging.
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Which of the following statements is true of chronological age?
Select one:
a. It has become a less accurate predictor of life events in American society when compared with
other conceptions of age.
b. It is the sole component of the overall age profile of an individual from the life-span perspective.
c. It is determined by knowing the functional capacities of a person's vital organs, which may be
better or worse than those of other people of comparable age.
d. It refers to connectedness with others and the social roles individuals adopt. [Show Less]